Wichita eagle., 1887-01-25
TWO NERVY MEN.
a THRILLING STORY TOLD BY A
SECRET SERVICE DETECTIVE.

CAPTURE CT q Notorious "Shover of the
Queer" - Caught in a Trap - Setting
Fire to the Fuse of Powder Kes.
The Last Moment.
4 Soon after the war our bureau was notified
| that counterfeit 81 and s. bills were being ex-
tensively circulated in the region about Read
! ing. Pa I was detailed, together with COM
panion named William Madden to proceed
! to Scranton and work up the case. We soon
/ found that the money was being foated by
gang OF six or seven, Of whom the majority
/ were as tough cases as Abe Buzzard, Of mod
| ern fame We struck two leads at the same
time. and while mine led to Harrisburg, his
| led into the mountainous country around
/ Pottsville, which at that time contained some
| OF the most lawless miners who ever handled
! pick.
! At Harrisburg 1 unearthed an old bird
known as "Greenback Charley" aud landed
him temporarily behind the bars. In three or
| four DAYS / was satisfied that he was the only
one of the lot in that 1iejghborhood, and l set
out to find Madden from whom had not yet
heard word l met him in Reading, and he
also had as prisoner a man known as SLY
| Jim but whose real name was Isaac Watson.
He had been brought from Pottsvile, and he
was the head and front of the showers No
sooner hal Madden located Jim, who was the
ostensible owner of q saloon in town, than the
fellow slipped out and made his way up tho
mountains, and took quarters in cabin occu-
pied by an aged woman, widow. Madden
hung to the scent until he relocated his game,
and at about / o'clock in the afternoon he
drew near the house. Forty rods away he
was met by the old woman, who stated that
Jim was in the house and willing to surrender.
Madden should have stopped TO reflect that
some sort of trap was being laid for him. Ii
Jim was willing to surrender, why hadn't he
come out and shown hinselfi What need of
go-between between him and the officers
The detective thought Of nothing but secur-
ing his man at once, and he pushed on with
out even drawing his revolver. The outer
door was partly open, and es he entered the
house it was shut behind him and he was
! covered by revolver in the hands of the
counterfeiter. Sly Jim had served five years
for a previous offense He reasoned that the
officer had him dead to rights on the new
case, and that he would probably be settled
for ten or fifteen years. This prospect had
made him desperate, and be had determined
! on desperate thing.
"SSit down over there" he commanded, and
the helpless officer obeyed.
Nov, then" continued Jim, what DO you
want of Ine'
TO arrest you for uttering counterfeit
money"
Got any proofs!7
PLENTY"
"Well, that settles it. Id rather die than
90 bacl, to prison, but you shall die with me.
could kill you and skip but Id be run down
and hung. Wen go together"
On a table in the room was fifty pound
key of powder, and leading into it was four
minute fuse Jim walked across to the table,
covered the officer anew and lighted the end
Of the fuse with the remark:
in four minutes We'll be in h-lll Ii you
make n move from that chair I'll have to
send you on ahead q little soonerl'
Il think III wait and go with you" cooly
replied Madden, "and il you've no objections
II take out my watch and call time"
That viii be a good idea" said jim, and
out came the watch ard the detective called
out:
Ten seconds! Fifteen! Twenty. Thirty"
and 50 on.
Nobody will never know what happened
nearly gone.
But they'll mix up the scraps and prob
ably bury portion of me along with you.
That's the only thing | care about"
''Well, always was fond Of good COM
pany," retorted Jim.
When two minutes had passed the detec-
tive began to softly whistle to himself.
1T Will come mighty sudden when it
90 10 r-.,,!I,5
YES. VIC won't lnow what hurt US
Whats the time now!'
"Oh, we've got over minGte yet"
Don't YOU wish you hadn't Gomez
40. sir. [ was bound to have you or die
with You"
That's the sort! Its some honor to die
pretty short
"We'ye got fifteen seconds more.
Madden leaned back in his chair, and Jim
held the revolver full on his breast lie
hadn't been playing bluff game, and the de-
tectivo had made uphis mind that there was
10 escape frcm death From the corner Of
his eye he watched the fire creep nearer and
nearer, but he did not move a finger. The
spark finally touched the slaves of the key,
and Madden felt that his last minute OF life
had come. He dropped his eyes to his watch
and SAW the seconds fly past-two-foUr-
tivc-ten. and lie felt that there had been
some miscarriage. When fifteen seconds had
passed Jim growled out:
The durn thing has gone back on me-
He rose up, as If to go over and examine II,
and the instant the muzzle of his revolver
was depressed Madden spranS for him and
struck him q blow between the eyes which
no y
charged. but the bullet entered the floor.
Ia another minute jim was handcuRe-l and
dragged out He wilted as soon As the irons
were on him, and 10 trouble was expert
enced il Fetting him to Reading. He was
silent and sulky with Madden, but TO me he
said:
Say, old man, you've got partner to be
proud Of. He's got more nerve than any
other man that lives"
Excepting YOU l replied, and ha stroked
his long vhiskers and seemed pleased with
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